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Weighbridge Portakabins Area, Birch Pit, Birch Colchester

PA/COL/05/1563Prior Approval (42 day)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 November 2005

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application to determine whether Prior Approval is required for installation of 15m steel pole with 0.3m diameter dish attached.

Received
21 September 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Birch & Winstree
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided1 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Weighbridge Portakabins Area, Birch Pit, Birch Colchester. Colchester has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Colchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

75% of outline applications at Colchester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Prior Approval (42 day)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Birch

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2005
Target decision date
17 November 2005

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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